Anti-Defamation Campaign in Defence of Disability Rights
13th October 2016 By John Pring -Disability News Service A disabled activist has told a parliamentary committee that
Continue readingMSPs hear call for government to ‘speak out more forcefully’ on WCA deaths
By John Pring Disability News Service October 6th 2016 Government ministers know their “fitness for work” system is making
Continue readingMinisters know their WCA system is increasing suicide risk, says Ken Loach
By John Pring Disability News Service October 6th 2016 Iain Duncan Smith has denied responsibility for the deaths of
October 3rd 2016 Yesterday we received the announcement from Damien Green that reassessments were to cease, Black Triangle unequivocally
By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday September 29th 2016 A Labour government would replace the “discredited” fitness
Continue readingLabour conference: Abrahams says party will scrap WCA… but not sanctions
By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday September 29th 2016 or removing regulations 29 and 35, and said that such
Continue readingDWP issued guidance that made suicides more likely, then ‘lied’ to cover its tracks
By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday September 21st 2016 The sister of a man driven to suicide
Continue reading‘Fit for work’ suicide man’s sister tried to take her own life after DWP ordeal
15th September 2016 John Pring http://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/ “Very disturbing” new government figures show a steep fall in the proportion of
Continue readingESA figures show ‘very disturbing’ drop in number placed in support group
11th September 2016 a feature article by – Mo Stewart As a concept, it’s extraordinary. As a political policy, it’s a killer.
September 8th 2016 John Pring Disability News Service The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has refused to consider
Continue readingBenefit claimants die as DWP staff keep failing to follow suicide guidelines
August 28th 2016 By Mo Stewart “Stewart names names. She shows where and how the policies originated. She destroys
August 25th 2016 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is refusing to publish nine secret reviews into the deaths
Continue readingDWP hides seven secret benefit suicide reviews
4th August 2016 John Pring A physiotherapist took just 35 minutes to carry out a face-to-face assessment that led to
Continue readingDocuments show WCA suicide death mirrored 2010 tragedy
John Pring Disability News Service Thursday 28 July 2016 The parents of a disabled man who took his
The right of the PLP are faced with an impossible conundrum. On the one hand, many of them believe that
UN experts have expressed serious concerns about the impact of government austerity on the rights of disabled people and other
Continue readingUN report raises ‘deep concerns’ about impact of austerity on disabled people
Ministers are delaying the release of nine secret reviews into the deaths of benefit claimants, even though civil servants apparently
Continue readingMinisters ‘breach FoI laws’ by delaying release of fresh benefit deaths reviews
Most mental health service-users are still deeply divided about identifying with the social model of disability, but still favour moving
Continue readingReport finds support for efforts to find a social model of mental distress
By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday 26th May 2016 Labour’s shadow chancellor has called for Iain Duncan Smith to
Continue readingShadow chancellor backs calls to prosecute Iain Duncan Smith over WCA deaths
Friday 20th May 2016 Addressing the TUC Disabled Worker’s Conference at Transport House in London today Shadow Chancellor of the